It looks to be one fine day, and we’ll be taking a walk around the city center as well as ajoining areas. Underway I’ll try to tell you a bit about the city of Lillestroem without getting into conflict with the rules governing the aspects around commercial advertising.
The city of Lillestroem is the administration center of the larger municipality of ‘Skedsmo’, including 77 sq.km’s and a population well above 51 000 people. If we count in ajoining areas close by, it’s gonna be much much more than that! We’ll be starting our walk here at the central bus terminal!Solen står dessverre ikke helt optimalt på himmelen riktig ennå.
Et tips: På denne turen kan det være en god ide å ha et kart over Lillestrøm
liggende under? Det vil gjøre det lettere å orientere seg i landskapet!

Unfortunately the sun hasn’t reach an ideal position just yet . . .
A tip for the trip: It would most ceertainly benefit you to have a map of the city handy?
That way it becomes much easier to orientate yourself as we proceed?Her på grensen mot Strømmen (som vi nettopp har vist dere) ligger ‘Romerike Helsebygg‘ som inneholder en rekke apoteker og tilbydere av helsetjenester.

After a while we reeached the administration bldg. of Felleskjoepet-Agri, and – evidently somebody here knows one or two things about agriculture and green plants.
And the first ‘selfie’ of the day became ‘a done deal’! 🙂Tvers over veien hadde dagligvare-giganten Coop etablert seg med et stort utsalg for Coop Obs.
Across the road the grocery giant Coop had established an outlet for ‘Coop Obs’.Her lukter det ‘gammel bensinstasjon’? Idag kan du få utført bilvask med ‘litt attåt’ her.
It smells of ‘old gasoline station’? Today you may have your car washed inside out here.Og hvis det var bensin du ønsket, så er det bare 50 meter til neste stasjon –
And if it was really gasoline you wished for, there’s only 50 yards up road for the next one!Vi kaster et lite blikk inn Torvgaten idet vi stryker forbi –
We throw a glance into the ‘Torvgaten’ walking past –Og her i enden av Nittedalsgata finner vi en av de eldste skolene i Lillestrøm: Volla Folkehøgskole!

And here at the end of ‘Nittedalsgt.’ we find one of the oldest schools in Lillestroem:
Volla High School)Skolen ligger med front mot ‘Vollaparken’.
The school faces the Volla Park.Vi kaster et blikk inn i Selboesgt. idet vi går forbi.
Throwing a glance into the ‘Selboe streeet’ walking past . . .

The houses are lying pretty close in this part of the city and must be close to ‘a firemans nightmare’, but the environment is nice and flowers plentiful.En kikk inn i Brandvoldgaten idet vi passerer –
A glance into the Brandvoldgate’ as we pass by –Egentlig er jo dette et boligstrøk, men kanskje lar det seg gjøre å selge elektriske sykler her?
Actually this is a residental area, but it may be possible to sell electric bicycles here . . ?

Now we’re just about back in the city center and this time it’s the grocery chain
REMA 1000 that has occupied the ground floor of an apartment building –Her krysser Nittedalsveien en annen hovedgate: Adolph Tiedemandsgt. som også er fylkesvei 381. Litt oppe i gaten ser vi Lillestrøm kirke!

Here the ‘Nittedalsveien’ crosses another main road: ‘Adolph Tiedemandsgate’ which is also the county road no 381. A bit up the street we may observe the tower of ‘Lillestroem church.Et sideblikk inn ‘Teatergaten’ idet vi passerer. Det koselige gule huset var til salgs da vi passerte, men er antagelig solgt for lenge siden nå.

A side glance into the ‘Theatre Street’ as we passed. By the way, that nice yellow house were for sale as we passed, but are most likely sold by now.Vi har kommet nærmere Lillestrøm kirke. Den er fra 1935 og bygget i den gamle basilika-stilen. Kirken har plass til 600 besøkende!

We havwe gotten closer to the ‘Lillestroem church, which is a brick church in basilica style built in 1935. The church seats 600 people.Vi befinner oss nå i den øvre del av Storgt. og her er det boligstrøk med mange boligblokker.

Alex. Kiellandsgt. leads of of the city and right on to the ‘Aaraasen Stadion’ which is the home ground for the local football team: Nicknamed ‘The Yellow Canaries of Lillestroem’, but since we are on foot, it’s not by any means certain that we’ll be able to cross the street up there . . .På begge sider av Alex. Kiellandsgt. ligger store apartment-blokker –
On both sides of the Alex.Kiellandsgt. lies larget apartment-buildings.Tilbaketrukket fra veien ligger også en liten lekeplass for de yngste, men det er alltid voksne til stede.
A way back from the road there is a small playground for the youngest among us, always administered by grown-ups.Blomster-arrangement markerer innkjøringen til Lillestrøm.
Flower-arrangement marks the road into Lillestroem.Her ligger en av de største bilforretningene i Lillestrøm: Volvo – Bilia.
Men siden hovedveien representerer en hindring for en fotgjenger, så velger jeg en litt annen retning . . .

In this area I stumbled upon a small group of children havin estabished a small shop selling refreshments from the gate to their property. I was tempted to take a picture of this industrial enterprise 🙂 , but in Norway you ought to be careful photographing children that you do not know. So – sorry!Vi er nå tilbake i selve Lillestrøm og har igjen krysset jernbanen.
We’re back in the city itself and have again crossed the railway tracks.

The large white building is the head office of the ‘public criminal correctional services‘ which has now moved to the city of Lillestroem.Egentlig ligger denne boligblokken i forlengelsen av Nittedalsgaten, men her er det mange gater som skifter navn.

Actually this apartment block is located in the extension of ‘Nittedalsgate’, but at this point in the city many streets seem to change names . . .En boligblokk bygget i en litt eldre stil enn hva som er vanlig idag.
A nice apartment building, built in a style apart from what’s usual today.Tvers over veien finner vi kontorene til den lokale Mercedes-forhandleren.
Across the road we find the offices of the local Mercedes dealer.Inn mot Lillestrøm torv er det anlagt en liten ‘gågate’ gjennom Nittedalsgaten, men dessverre ligger den på denne tiden i ganske mørk skygge.

But before entering the market place, I’ll have to draw your attention to this particular roof? I don’t really know whether the top terrace is a public domain, shared by other residents, or whether it belongs solely to the apartment underneath, but at any rate it looks rather special?Et oversiktsbilde over hva kalles ‘Rudolfs Plass’ i Lillestrøm.
A panorama over what’s called ‘Rudolf’s Square’ here in the city of Lillestroem.Et bilde tatt ned Solheimsgaten mot Jernbanestasjonen og Nitelva.
A shot taken down the ‘Solheimsgate’ in the direction of the Railaway station and ‘Nitelva’.Et siste bilde av Kriminalomsorgen før vi går inn i skyggene mot Lillestrøm Torg.
A last picture of the Public Correctional Facilites’ before entering the shadows towards the Lillestroem Marketplace.Til høyre en del fortauskafeer som foreløpig er dårlig besøkt, men med solen kommer også gjestene. Til venstre en kombinert frilufts-scene kombinert med et kunstig fossefall.

To your right a number of ‘open air servings’ resting in the shadows, so far sparsely visited, but with the sun comes the guests. To your left an open air scene in combiation with an artificial waterfall.Det er en nydelig høstdag på Lillestrøm Torg.
It’s a beautiful day of fall at the Lillestroem market place.Her ser vi bedre hovedinngangen til varehuset ‘Lilletrøm Torg’.
Here we may better observe the main entrance to the shopping mall calledLillestroem Market Place which also includes the square outside!Det ble en lang og ganske varm dag! Her måtte jeg faktisk ta meg en liten forfriskning.

It became a rather long and warm day! Here I had to stop for refreshments!Vi er tilbake i nedre del av Storgaten. Som dere ser er det en ‘gå-sone’! Men idag er det mandag formiddag og ikke alt for mange ute ennå.
We’re back into the lower parts of ‘Storgaten’. And as you may observe: A pedestrian zone!
But today is an early Monday morning, and therefore not too many people around – yet!Som sagt, det er fortsatt ganske tidlig på formiddagen, men de som stikker innom dette stedet vil huske det en stund!

As said, it’s still rather early in the day, but those that do visit this place is likely to remember it for some time!Et gatebilde fra den absolutt nedre del av Storgaten i Lillestrøm.
A street picture from the absolute lower side of ‘Storgaten’ in Lillestroem.Et bilde inn ‘Kirkegaten’ i den absolutt nedre del av byen.
A shot into ‘Kirkegaten’ in the absolute lower part of the city.Høstens farger har fått overtaket også hos bygartneren!
The colors of fall have gotten the upper hand – also with the city gardener.Vi er i ferd med av avslutte var fulle sirkel av Lillestrøm. Vår tur startet utenfor Jernbanestasjonen og bussterminalen og nå ser vi silhuetten av jernbanestasjonen til venstre!

Outside of the ‘Akershus Art Center’ we find a couple of beautiful sculptures which we’ll remember as a last greeting from the city of Lillestroem. This one is named ‘The Woman at the Water pump and was made by the sculptor Tore Bjørn Skjølsvik in 2014. The sculpture was given as a gift to the city from private enterprises in the city.

Another gift to the city is the sculpture (made by the very same sculptor) of
‘The Saw Mill Worker’ from 2007. Also placed in the same location.Her nede starter egentlig ‘AdolphTiedemandsgaten’, men siden vi har vist dere mesteparten av denne gaten før (Dere ser Lillestrøm kirke langst bak) så lar vi turen avsluttes her nede.

And at the very last: Lillestroem Railway station – and my train back to reality 🙂
I can only hope that you got a solid impression of the city of Lillestroem (anno 2015), but fortunately you may study this report as often as you like – with or without maps from the city?!
Unfortunately such city reports will include less ‘green’ than other reports, but our cities are also a part of Norway.
(Compliments of SRB)